The Marlins have claimed right-hander Xzavion Curry off waivers from the Guardians, the groups introduced Friday. Cleveland designated Curry for task earlier within the week. With a view to open area on the 40-man roster, Miami designated righty Shaun Anderson for task.
Curry, who lately turned 26, was the group’s seventh-round decide again in 2019. He made his massive league debut in 2022 and has ranked as extremely as No. 22 within the Guardians’ farm system on Baseball America’s prospect rankings. Regardless of that, nevertheless, he’s but to seek out a lot success within the majors. He’s logged 129 innings and yielded a 4.53 ERA, together with a very powerful 5.84 mark on this yr’s 24 2/3 innings. Curry has a powerful 7.3% stroll charge within the majors however a lackluster 15.2% strikeout charge. He’s seen each his 92-93 mph fastball and his curveball hit onerous by massive leaguers — notably the latter (.321/.355/.607).
He hasn’t fared notably effectively in Triple-A both, however Curry had stable numbers up by way of Double-A, has good command of the strike zone and is within the second of three minor league choice years. He’ll give Miami some size within the bullpen or an choice to step right into a rotation that’s been depleted by myriad accidents and the deadline commerce of southpaw Trevor Rogers.
Miami acquired the 29-year-old Anderson in a money swap with the Rangers again in Could. He’s been up and down a pair instances with the Fish however been tagged for an unsightly 13 runs in simply 10 2/3 innings. The well-traveled righty has fared much better in Triple-A this season, with a 2.42 ERA and 45-to-11 Okay/BB ratio in 48 1/3 frames. The Marlins are Anderson’s seventh massive league membership. He’s pitched 149 2/3 innings within the majors however struggled to a 6.19 ERA in that point. Anderson has a pleasant Triple-A observe report (3.66 ERA, 20.7 Okay%, 7.4 BB% in six seasons) however hasn’t managed to hold that over to the large leagues but.
Now that the commerce deadline has handed, Anderson will probably be positioned on outright waivers or launch waivers by subsequent week.
